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President Kenyatta to address nation on Kenya's COVID-19 status

FILE PHOTO: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta speaks at a past function. /VCG Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is scheduled to address the nation on Friday regarding the East African country's CO

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Kenya reports 2021's highest daily increase in COVID-19 cases

FILE PHOTO: A COVID-19 patient isolation center in Machacos town in eastern Kenya, on August 3, 2020. /VCG Kenya's health ministry on Thursday reported 829 new COVID-19 infections, the country

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Fully vaccinated people in U.S. allowed to gather without masks: CDC

The CDC announced the new guidance on Monday, but still urged the vaccinated people to continue taking steps to protect themselves. /VCG Fully vaccinated people in the U.S. will be allowed to

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Swiss vote on proposal to ban face coverings in public

Swiss voters decide Sunday on a proposal to ban face coverings, both the niqabs and burqas worn by a few Muslim women in the country and the ski masks and bandannas use

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Brazil sees record high COVID-19 deaths two days in a row

FILE PHOTO: A worker wearing a protective suit and carrying an umbrella walks past the graves of COVID-19 victims at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery, in Manaus, Brazil, on February 25, 2021.

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Myanmar security forces fire live rounds at protesters

Myanmar security forces on Tuesday fired live rounds into a group of protesters in Yangon, reported AFP and AP. Smoke from tear gas launched by security forces rises during a protest in Mandal

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Ambitious designs go online as Paris Fashion Week begins

A model gets her hair done backstage during a shooting for Weinsanto Paris Fashion Week 2021 began Monday with no official catwalk, instead taking the designs online amid COVID-19 precautions

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South Africa moves to COVID-19 Lockdown Alert Level One

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa./Getty Images South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced South Africa will be moving to lockdown Alert Level 1 from midnight on Sunday."As we eas

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UK registers 8,523 new infections as COVID jabs prioritise age

People wearing face masks at the Vaccination Centre at ExCel exhibition centre in London, Britain, Jan. 12, 2021. /Xinhua Official figures show the United Kingdom has recorded 8,523 new COVID-

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878 new coronavirus infections reported in Ethiopia

People wear protective face masks at Bole International airport in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, Jan. 30, 2020. /Xinhua The Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health on Thursday reported 878 ne

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Black History Month: Local business fights racism through apparel

02:04 "Black history is absolutely black history, but I think black history is everyone's history," says Dionna Dorsey Calloway, founder of District of Clothing.Calloway started the on

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Czech free-diver breaks ice-swim world record

Czech free-diver David Vencl rests in cold water during his training to break the Guinness world record for the longest swim under ice, at Barbora Lake near Teplice, Czech Republic, February 13,

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NY confirms case of COVID-19 variant first identified in South Africa

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo walks through a vaccination site after speaking in the Brooklyn borough of New York, February 22, 2021. /CFP New York State has confirmed its first case of the c

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WHO scientist: coronavirus 'extremely unlikely escaped from a lab'

Members of the World Health Organization team, wearing protective gear are seen during their visit to the Hubei Center for animal disease control and prevention in Wuhan, China's central Hubei Pr

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NY confirms case of COVID-19 variant first identified in South Africa

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo walks through a vaccination site after speaking in the Brooklyn borough of New York, February 22, 2021. /CFP New York State has confirmed its first case of the c

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Senegal extends state of sanitary catastrophe, curfew in 2 regions

Senegalese government ordered an extension of the "state of sanitary catastrophe" in the regions of Dakar and Thies, until March 20, in order to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, Senegal

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Dr. Fauci: 'Possible' Americans will be wearing masks in 2022

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that it's "possible" Americans will still need to wear masks in 2022 to protect against the COVID-19, even as the U.S. may reach "a significant degree of normality"